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Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition Is On! Join The Contest!!

2016 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition:The Youth Citizen
Entrepreneurship Competition is a global programme and an online platform,
which supports the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). Young people from around the world are invited to submit their
innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact, which champion and implement
one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

With this competition
young people have the opportunity to participate in an online study
programme in entrepreneurship education at the Entrepreneurship Campus. There, you can graduate and
receive a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Stiftung Entrepreneurship
Berlin. This Certificate offers young people a knowledgeable qualification in
entrepreneurship. The certificate study programme is free of charge this
year, and is sponsored by The Goi Peace Foundation, Stiftung Entrepreneurship
and Digital Experts United.

Eligibility

Be between the ages of 15
and 35;

You have an innovative idea
for an enterprise which contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
in your community or you are operating such an enterprise in the form of a
business, a non-profit organization or an informal program;

You are able to submit your
entry in English.

Prizes

Grand Prize, 2nd Prize, 3rd
Prize and People’s Choice Prize winners will be selected in each of the
following two categories:

Best Ideas Category: Innovative
ideas and plans to be implemented (by the entrant or by others);

Best Projects Category:
Already existing enterprise which has demonstrated social impact.

Grand Prize winners and the
People’s Choice Prize winners will receive a Gold Medal and a Certificate;

Second Prize winners will
receive a Silver Medal and a Certificate;

Third Prize winners will receive
a Bronze Medal and a Certificate;

Finalists not chosen as
prize winners will receive Honorable Mention;

Entrepreneurship Campus
Prize winners will receive a Certificate;

Grand Prize and People’s
Choice winners, Second Prize and Third Prize winners, and the Entrepreneurship
Campus Prize winners will be announced at the Entrepreneurship Summit in Berlin
on 9 October 2016.

How to apply?

In order to be able to
submit an idea/project you need to be logged-in. In order to do so register HERE.

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